Preliminary experiences with the treatment of shock in horses with a plasma expander from a starch base |
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Authors: | M Hermann R Bretscher G Thiébaud D Meister |
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Institution: | Veterin?r-Medizinische Klinik, Universit?t Zürich. |
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Abstract: | HAES Steril 10% is a colloidal plasma expander rarely used in veterinary medicine. In this study HAES was used in clinical cases for the treatment of shock and in a comparative hypervolemic hemodilution study (HAES versus lactated Ringer's solution) using two experimental horses. Injection of a HAES volume equivalent to 10% of estimated blood volume resulted in a highly significant drop in PCV and in a significant drop in total protein concentration. Half live of HAES was approximately two hours. No incompatibility reactions were observed. In man HAES improves microcirculation. Studies in progress may confirm a similar effect in the equine. |
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